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The National tribune., 1887-04-07
The Capture of Gen. EwelI.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I think Como
rsde Alum, LIST w. Va. Cav, is in error as &c
what command Gen. Ewell surrendered at tn
battle Of Sailors Greek, April g. 1865. Since
Fesding his communication, and also that OF
Cumrade Robertson, l0Gth N. Y, j have inves-
tlglted the matter some, and find in my diary,
under date of April 6, 1865, the following:
The FIRST and Third Division, Sixth CORPS. en-
gagged the rebels about p. M, and about s d. IA
drove them in confusion. The hardest hgiting
was across swampy bottom the Hillman farm
where Gen. Iwell and staff were captured 5y the
Saith Corps. w. III. Il. Ice. one of Ewell's staff
and "A son OF X. L.. lee WAS wounded and captured.
On the morning OF April ] saw Gen. Ewell
~ Sixth Corps headquarters. and when be came
out 20 mount his old gray his saddle-blanket,
being torn, did not suit him in some way, and
he tore il of and threw il on the ground.
When j came home from the army had a
piece of that blanket. As he went 20 mount
his horse bis spur interferod in some way, and
he stopped down, unbuckled il and threw il
FROM him. j well remember the scramble
among the guard Cor the possession Of the spur.
Now, II Gen. Ewell surrendered 10 the cavalry,
why was he at Sixth Corps headquarters and
not al the cavalry headquarters?
j think, with ComTade Robertson that the
"walk soldiers should have a chance. rs they
generally had, and were not slow 10 be called
upon when the cavalry bit Of more than il
could chew."-JAs. NJ LAWRENCE Co II, l2Gtb
Ohio, burlington, Iowa.
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(Which the Same would Rise 20 Explal..n

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reply 70
Tinkhsm's Rebel Capital" have TO say that
j am not responsible for the hOw he found the
big gun, or guns at Fort Harrison. ] never
knew how j left them OF what effect the firing
of our az pounder produced. Get your specta-
sles out, rub them up and read my first article
again, comrade. il says: "A redoubt at our
right was still held by the enemy, and iIs Two
cannon were playing smartly upon u.s."
Our right" does not mean left rear" Of
Fort Harrison, nor "redoubt" mean fort :" /;
neither was Fort Gilmer's armament reduced
20 its two cannon" Perhaps might had
been 30 disposed, said continuation Of the
line" or little finger on the seam of the panta-
looms, but did not think il necessary. TRIB-
UNE space is precious.
Most of us would have enjoyed the sight Of
q Yankee or any other schoolmRrm climbing
70 the Capitol root, eh? We claimed no par
ticular honor for hosting our bunting DER
busted Coniederacy," but ours was as good as
any other flag. My Colonel was MS j stated,
one Of the District Provost Marshals of the
city Of Richmond. Gen. Shepley was appoint
Cd Military Governor, and Col Fred. Manning
Provost Marshal OF the city.
There are times when IL is easy to win bets.
and even schoolmarms may take cities pro-
xidcd their gallant Tinkhams are there 90 aid
"A. l.. MoEEY, Co. q, 95th n. Y, West Derby,
We
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The Battery that Defended the Gap in the Union
Line.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: j am very
grateful TO Comrade A. b. Hodge for his kind
answer 10 my inquiry as TO what battery held
the gap in our lines on Sept. 20, '63, at Chicka-
manga. According TO ali accounts, that bat
terry, whichever one IL was. seems TO have saved
our army; for, had .Longstreet succeeded in
passing through that gap he would have cut
our army in two, and could have whipped us
in detail, as was manifestly his intention from
the fact Of his persistent charging on the one
point during the whole Of the afternoon, not
withstRnding his many repnlses. Had he cap
tured either flank of our army, or caused its
annihilation or dispersion, we could not posi-
bly, have held Chattanooga afterward, nor could
we have made a safe retreat 20 Nashville.
i am glad TO see that more than one battery
got into the Hornets Nest "-the rebel battery
10 the northeast Of the woods where our field
hospital was located, on which the rebels di-
rected their guns until they succeeded in firing
the woods. That rebel battery belonged TO
StearBss cavalry, as nearly as i have been able
TO learn, and il made il "red hot" as the COM
rade says, for everything that passed across the
opening TO the east OF the woods, and i know
that our battery did not remain longer than 10
fire few rounds As we unlimbered 10 engage
il Gen. Gordon Granger rode up, dismounted,
and sighted one Of our guns. As he did SO a
shell passed over his head, about a foot above
him, on q true line. He told us TO Timber up
and follow him, as he had work for us else
where.
Comrade Hodges account is good. and would
be quite conclusive, but q letter from Gen
Rosecrans says, 81 am sorry 20 have forgotten
whose battery it was which stood in the gap"
81 remember well il was supported
by Banning's Ohio regiment" Aud now the
question is, What battery did Col. Banning's
regiment 1.-THE l2lst Ohio support that after
nOonf Will the comrades who know please
answeTf
In recent issue of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
q comrade makes inquiry about the two cannon
captured on Missionary Ridge named Lady
Buckner" and Lady Breckenridge" j find
in my record Of Nov. &C. 1863, Thanksgiving
day.: Toward night we took our horses and
hauled the Washington Battery down from
Bragg's late headquarters. Two of the guns
were named Lady Buckner' and Lady
Brcckinrdge.'" In my box of army relics
(which 10 me are most precious) have the
small iron claw-hammer with which field
artillery is furnished which / took from the
timber Of one Of the guns. and an old style
United States fuse-cutter, (the only one j ever
saw which i took from the Timber of the
other gun. We had charge of the guns for
several days before turning them over.
A few years since the wife Of one Of the
members Of that battery worked for me, and
she often spoke OF what pride the members Of
the battery felt in that "crack battery" and
how hard it was for them 10 abandon their
guns when our men reached the summit OF the
ridge, and they had 20 run or surrender.-RoB-
ERT DOYLE, ST. Louis No.
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IN THE NAVY.
Forcas,Ie Yarns spuu by /. seaman.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Your corre-
spoDdcnts from the army tell US of some OF the
Jokes and bulls of their branch of the service.
We OF the u. S. S. Metacomet, Of the West
Gulf squadron, under Capt Jouett, while on the
outside blockade, were on the lookout for
blockade runners aud our Paymaster had gone
alOft for good look around, when he saw aud
reported a sail. Can you make her outH"
came from the oihcerof the watch. The answer
was prompt and rather amusing, aud became
by-word forward aud aft. She's prize; she's
a prize She's burning black coal!" Our own
ships were supplied with hard coal, giving out
a thin, blue smoke. while the blockade-run-
ners. being supplied with the English soft coal,
gave out a dense black smoke, plainly visible
hong before the vessels themselves black
smoke was a signal Tor a chase. but in this in
stance we got only the joke from the bull.
Ensign III. was volunteer officer, skllliul as
an officer of the merchant service, aud line
man. but could not master the drlll at the big
guns when both sides were 10 he manned"
AT drill one morning he got along 10 the order
OF " Shifting men, change" all right, and added
First Captain " FOR the next move, when his
memory failed him. After repeating First
Captain" several times he recovered himself
with First Captain, go on with the drill" At
another time he called out during the drill:
First Captain shot away; what are You going
TO DO about it2" The First Captain stepped
back and sat down upon the pumps in his rear,
but no one of the guns crew went 10 has relief.
Capt j. happened TO be standing upon the hur-
ricane deck, just over his head. and after walt
ing while, retorted: "Well Nit H., what are
you going 10 do about it2p " First Captain
shot away, aud smokestack slot away; what
arc YOU going 10 do abou; itg" become by
word forward.
One midnight the gong and rattle were
sounded in alarm, and the crew rushed TO quar-
ters fully armed, and stood az their guns alter
casting loose and providing" Capt. J. then
took a tour Of inspection. examing every man
to see if he was fully armed and provided, and
as he returned aft examined each officer. En-
sign III. had forgotten his revolver aud was
iidgctng most pitisbly, which one of ms guns
crew noticing, drew his own revolver nearly
from his belt, slyly offered its acceptance
The officer took il, and returned 10 has place
de could not, however recover has compos-
ure, and the Captain, suspectlng something
wrong. gave a most critical inspection OF the
oslicers person, and turning 10 the men gave
their faces a searching glance, but every man s
countenanoe was as innocent and unconcerned
as though nothing was the matter. An officer
of the nearest division, who saw il all, asked
the seaman what be would have done had the
Captain detected the absence of his pistol, and
was answered that not a man Of the guns crew
but would have willingly taken the punish
ment rather than ther officer should have
been detected; they liked him as a man too
WE'LL" SEAMAN" U. S. S. Port Royal.
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THE 34th OHIO.
Some Personal Notes Of Peculiar" Regiment.

Some Personal hotes or " Peculiar" Regiment.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: wonder If
there are no readers of The NATIONAL TRIB-
UEE from the peculiar" Saith Ohio. / never
see anything in regard TO il in its columns
There ought 90 be. j imagine can see BOry"
and his inevitable mule riding along the line,
aud the boys yelling Coffee" Hardtack, %
"Sowbelly," and the like TO him. / wonder il
he has forgotten me. By the way, "BOryis"
real name was Charles Shinkle, and his home
Philadelphia.
My mind runs back TO the "boys" lost In
Co. I-Evans Logan, trampled 10 death by
horses; Jacob Wilt, head shot off by a cannon
ball; John Courtney, who often left his money
in my hands 10 be sent 10 his mother in Mer-
Ger County, in case Of his being killed, but
who finally was killed with his money in his
pocket; Sam Baxter, John BObp and William
Mills, killed in the battle at Winchester, Sept.
10, 1854 and some starved 10 death in prison
pens at the South.
The boys" are not forgotten by me, and
they probably sometimes think Of me. There
were Theodore Handle, Rich, John aud George
DAWSON; Dan Gross j. w. and Alb. Shaw,
Reub. Crider, Hen. Bomgardner, Ec and Joe
Lowery, Wilhelm Albert, Nels. aud Dave Hays,
Charley Smiley, Major Ross, Cad. Curtis, and
Hiram Baxter, who was wounded at the time
OF the Beverly capture" lived about month
and died from has wounds Fred. Billman is
not forgotten.
In the memories Of old times comes the Fall
election of 1863, when Co. cast 26 votes for
John BrOugh for Governor, and % for c. l..
Nallandigham. Sam. Baxter, killed at Win
chester, was one of those who voted for Val.
said 10 him one day, SAN, they won't let you
90 TO Ohio TO get recruits, il you tell them you
voted for Nallandigham, will theyP" He said
be expected not he was not asked that ques-
ton at regimentai headquarters but / was.
The Chaplain Of the regiment, Rev. q. w. Col
Tier, was supposed 10 know who the good men
were in the companies 10 send 10 Ohio for re-
cruits, and he chose Sam. Baxter from our CON-
pany; and he was good man, too il he did
vote for Nallandighsm. i voted for Brough,
all the same-C. III. CowDIE. Co. ], "Pecu.
liar" 34th Ohio, Rockford, Mich.
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A New Man Discovered.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, March %, 1885. In 1871
/ was taken with lame back, rheumatism and
kidney trouble. Consulted different physi-
clans; suffered great agony. At Parsons, Kan,
/ took twenty-one bottles of Warmers safe cure
with Warmers safe pills. / am q new man.
MAJOR s. b. ABBOTT.
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The steady increase in the acquisitions for
The army ior Iansiils Punch" cigar by the
various Comniissares, which we believe now
exceed those of all other brands is a practical
Endorsement Of its merits by the u. IS. army.
which we consider the highest compliment ever
paid cigar manufacturer by any body of men
~ the history Of the world, and of which Messr
x. W. 1ansill Co., Chicago, may feel Justly
proud.
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1880, x. T. Leonard, Hamburg, Pa. wrote !:
" Had severe inflammatory rheumatism for
weeks; few applications of st. Jacobs Oil
cured me-" Oct. 10, 1856, he writes: Confirm
statement was entirely cured" Price fifty
cents. Sold by druggists.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: j. Which
Corps during the war marched the iarthest in
The shortest timer 2. What was the forced
march Of The Second Corps on the way TO Get
tysburg Wv. A. MOORE
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Lost and Found.

L. Root Fort Scott, Kan, has two discharges
of Benjamin +. Clark, one from Co. G., I1th
Ohio, given at Camp Dennison, June "a. 1864
the other from the 5th U. s. Veteran Volun-
teers, given at Hartford, Conn.,, April 10, 1865
A. X. Mullen, Sergeant, Co. G., 10th Ohio
Van Vert, Ohio, has a Masonic certificate
picked up on the field at Shiloh, which was
issued to Posey Sullenger, Co. A. 10th ILL.,, by
the Grand Lodge of Illinois, Sept. IA. 1861
His father was member of Polk Lodge No.
137, McLeansboro, III.
Abner Elan, Co. F, 130th N. Y, inquiries for
a double daguerreotype containing the piet-
ures. on one side, of a small boy and girl and
on the other, of woman and baby. He lost
it with his knapsack at the battle of Sabine
Cross roads. La, April s, 1864.
o. J. Parkell, Co. A, Doth Ohio, Box 534, La
Porte, Ind, requests that the person who has his
discharge from the three months service in Co.
ID, 18th Ohio, will return il to him. He says
the party is welcome to the Confederate scrip
and cket-book which he took from him at
the same time. while being transferred from
the hospital at Nashville to Joe Holt Hospital
In Indiana. The writer has a 50-cent suffers
check. which Chas. Johnson, Sd Wis, promises
to pay in goods. He does not know where the
suffers tent is, but if he will send the goods he
will return the check.
T. g. Burns, Scribner, Neb., has in his posses
sion Bounty Certificate 1851, issued by the city
OF Baltimore, Md. to Simon Roth, Co. f, 9th
Md
David Mcdonald, 18th Wis, Sharon, Wis.
has the warrant of Serg't Samuel E. Shafer
Co B, 18th N. Y, which he found in Sharon
Wis. He would be glad to restore it to him or
his friends.
Il. E. Hathorn, Ludlow, VT, says that while
in San Francisco last Summer a lady handed
him medal she found in her garden at Stock
ton. The medal is inscribed Joseph Gerry.
Co. ]. 5th VT, Benson, VT" The writer would
be glad to send the medal to him or his friends
John +. FOOte, Rawlings, Wyo., says that
some time ago he left his discharge with a law
yer, whose name he does not remember, in Han
nibal, Mo. He would DO glad to have it re-
turned to him.
John j. Long, Co. c, both Pa, Shelton, Neb,
has Testament which was taken from the body
of dead Confederate soldier about the time of
Lees surrender. On the fyleaf is written,
Joseph Miller, Co. A, 2lst Ca" The writer
will restore it to any of the soldiers friends
upon application.
Jacob H. Clark, Adjutant, Col Ellsworth
Post, No So, Mcmillan, Wis, says he has the
discharge Of Henry Korte. Co. L. 9Th N. Y. III.
A., who, he thinks, died in the insane asylum
at Madison. Wis. The residence of his friends
is not known.
NJ b. Loop, 63th Ohio, Lyons, Kan, says that
while on the march with Sherman through the
Carolinas, an unknown eOmrade borrowed
his poeket-bOOk containing quite an amount in
geenbaeks, and also gold pen with extension
holder The pen was highly valued, being
present from q now deceased friend. If the
man who borrowed the articles is living and
this should meet his eye, the writer would be
glad to hear from him.
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WANTED-G. A. r. men IN every town In the
w United states. Comrades make go 10 so weekly
selling our fno0let book. "kNAP$ACK AND
RlEIE,' WAR A. Sem FROM THE
RANh~.'' Liberal Terms. Exclusive Territory. Adj
dress CALYPSO PUB. Co. PHILADELPHIA Pa.
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DySpepSIa,

are cured by DIR. d. Ksnnsdys
Fayorite Remedy. "Ihave been
a sufferer from Dys2epsis for
ten years, " said Mr.JOhn EIting,
Of Hudson, NY. "sOme one adj
vised ma 10 use DIR. Kennedy'a
F9vOrite Remedy, which ! did.
1 have now gained flesh and feel
better than l have In years, and
have no symptoms OF my old
complaint" w. 5. Melius, So
Harrison ST., New York, says:
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NI00TII Large and small tracts Of the best can
wild II III mel and bituminOus COAL iron and tim
" Oah'' Der lands in the world Eastern
Kentucky very cheap; just ahead of the coming BOOM
ss $. %' RI LOOKING :sH1 :; ns s;
Southern Kansas. and large bodies OF excellent and
well-watered lands in Mexico, dirt cheap ATTEn
Very attractive investments. Titles per + FIX
feet. Address, W. X. LINN, As Ar llA Ela
cade, Spring field, Ohio.
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have used DR. David Kennedy's FavOrite Remedy FOR
Indigestion and Dizziness,
To which i was subject at times and know from ex-
perence that IL is worthy Of all shat be said for
disorders Of that kind" Conductor b. II. Tr0WbridRe
Of the Harlem r. r. says; Il used DR. Eennedys Fa-
yorite Remedy for Dyspepsia and arrangement OF tho
Liver and with emphasis that 10 always affords
prompt and complete relief II Ia thorough in its sf-
fects producing the slightest disagreeable or
sckening sensation" 81 8 for -. Prepared 0y
DR.. D. KENNEDY, RONDOUT, w.
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DR.. D. KennedY's
FaYOrits Remedy

II adapted 70 both sexes and an
ages, and while II Is a cure Cor
Kidney and Liver Complaints,
it is no less efieacious In puri-
fying the blood, as In 3crOfula
and kindred diseases Liver
Complaints, Constipation and
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Give Them Their Due.

John Kelly. Rex, Kan. says the soldiers
should all pull together and all take The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE. They should be very care
full in the future how they cast their votes.
T. p. Ryan, Burnham, Mo-, says he looked
forward with great hope to the late Congress
that 1t would pass measures of relief for the dis
abled soldiers but it has failed to do 80, and he
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SEN for Latest Catalogue of Band orrchestrn Nude
- Free T. II. ROOT & SONS Peoples Musical
Supply House, 236 state st.. Chicago.
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81 rnyK7F7 PR ESS 81. Circular DIE a.,
MA ~ fklN 4 NewspapersizeSf4. Type set
YOlP 0WlsnHgs easy ., printed q, diIsS;ions
FSEssSGSA GA1UD Kelsey & CO., Meridsn. Conn.
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The March TO the Sea.

g. N. Chaffe Corporal, Co. G, 5Oth Pa, Plum
Creek, Neb, thinks il was the 18th Mass and
46th N. Y. that took the Burnside Bridge at
Antietam.
G. ID. Blanchard. Omaha. Neb., thinks that
during the fight at Burnside Bridge at Antietam
no troops forded the river above or below, or
crossed otherwise than by the bridge.
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Joel Smith, Fireman, u. s. gunboat Seneca,
Brainerd, Mimi, is glad to sec that old naval
veterans are waking up. lie thinks they have
been very slow in pushing their claims for
recognition. He wishes one of his naval com
rades would write an account of the battle of
Fort Fisher, in which he was engaged.
G. p. Dean, Elton, N. Y, would like to know
what has become of Admiral Lee, who, while
commanding fleet in the James River. put a
man in irons because he correspondent with the
New York Tribune and stated facts as they
were. He would also like the address of the
widow of Commander Craven.
Henry +. Perry, SaSton's River, VT, speaks
of the difficulty men who served in the navy
have in proving their pension claims. He
would like to read an account Of the fight
which the gunboat Massas0it had with three
rebel boats near City Point. The action oc-
CURED on the James River
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-15
A Thrilling Story from Savoy.

A shepherd boy was killed by bear
recently in the mountains of Savoy.
The villagers decided on getting up u
hunt after the bear, and they started in
search, but without finding it. On
their return home they, however, per-
ceived that the boys mother, who had
insisted on joining the party with a
gun, had been left behind. 1t was now
night, but some of the people went
back and secured the woods in every
direction. When day dawned they
found the woman lying in secluded
spot, her dress in rags, her arms
crushed and her face covered with
blood. At her side was q hugh bear,
dead, its head smashed by a discharge
from the gun which she had taken with
her. The villagers, after binding up
her wounds as best they could, bore
her to her home, and ut last accounts
she was progressing so satisfactorily
that hope was entertained that she
might recover. But the woman had
not yet been able to give an account of
her struggle with the bear which had
killed her child. 1t seems clear that
after the search had been abandoned
the mother continued it, without giving
even hint as to her intention.-M Y.
Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-15

I'll s'pose you'd take mans last
cent for drink here?" exclaimed re-
specially dressed individual with red
nose, as he walked in and leaned on the
bar of railroad place saloon the other
day. "With pleasure" replied the af-
liable attendant. The first speaker Or
dered drink of brandy, which he
quaffed with an appreciative gurgle,
followed bya smack of his lips. Reach
ing down into the corner of his pocket
the customer resurrected red penny,
laid it on the counter and astonished
the bartender with the two words:
'Last one. ."-Saratogian.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-15
THE GIRLS OF TO-DAY.
Tho Noble WomanhOod Into Which They
WIN Undoubtedly Come.

Tho Noble womanhood Into Which They
VIII Undoubtedly Come.
Nice as most girls are, they are not all
of the kind to make matrimony state
of bliss and husbands content with
their lot For in this thickly -throngcd
field of girlhood are the peevish and the
contradictions, the selfish and the en-
travagant, the idle and the careless, the
jealous and the unloving, the stupid and
the obstinate, the flirts who encourage
unseemly attentions, and the future
mothers who will think their children
SO many hindrances to pleasure, and
who will not have in their hearts either
human love or animal instinct for their
young. The heaven is not always all
pure blue-howers are not all perfect
and fragrant; and humanity is like the
rest of fnature--when beautiful and love-
worthy. then most delightful-when
hacked and scanned and marred, then
not by any means delightful! But on
the whole the choice girls far outnum-
Der those who are not choice. The
elders of the generation may not like
this new folly and that fresh affectation
but those elders must remember that
each new generation makes its own
shibboleths. has its own fashions. and
that youth must needs be foolish. else it
would not be youth at all. That pump.
handle shake is hidcous and ungrace-
full; so are those aggressive elbows stuck
out at right angles from the shoulders
to the hip; SO is that silly fashion of
quasi-masculinity in dress; and worse
than foolish is the affectation of manly
thought and freedom from feminine
modesties-of manly license and alb
sence of feminine restraints. But all
this effervesence will work off in time
and leave the golden liquid clear and
sweet--until another fermentation sets
in, with the same process of running
clear when it is over. Our grave gran
nies--our sweet mothers-we ourselves,
now grannies and mothers to the pres
ent young-have all had the affectations
and follies of youth in our time. Let
us then be patient with our girls, and
lovingly confident of the noble woman
hood into which they will eventually
come. London Queen.